KABUL – Atleast twelve Taliban insurgents were killed in an airstrikeconducted by the US forces in souther Uruzgan province of Afghanistan.

According to the local security officials, the airstrike was carried outlate on Wednesday night in the outskirts of Tarinkot city, the provincialcapital of Uruzgan.

A security source involved in the operations said a local Taliban commanderidentified as Mullah Basir was also among those killed.

The source further added that two Taliban insurgents were also wounded inthe airstrike.

The anti-government armed militant groups including the Taliban insurgentshave not commented regarding the report so far.

This comes as a local leader of the Taliban group was killed in a similarairstrike conducted by the US forces in Tarinkot city last Wednesday.

A local police official confirmed last week that that six Talibaninsurgents including one of their local leaders Mullah Ghazi were killedand four others were wounded.

The source further added that a hideout of the Taliban group was eliminatedin the airstrike in Garam Aab area.

Several weapons, ammunition, and explosives belonging to the Taliban groupwere destroyed in the airstrike, the police official added.